Breaking: Officer fires on, injures shooter

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May 15, 2014 at 7:28 PMMay 15, 2014 at 7:43 PM

STOCKTON -- A police officer shot and wounded a man in the parking lot between two apartment buildings in the 400 block of Glendora shortly before 6 this evening after being called there to break up a disturbance, police said.

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STOCKTON -- A police officer shot and wounded a man in the parking lot between two apartment buildings in the 400 block of Glendora shortly before 6 this evening after being called there to break up a disturbance, police said.

The officer, who arrived at the scene alone, saw one man shooting at another in the parking lot, confronted the shooter and fired his own service weapon when the shooter did not drop his gun, according to a preliminary investigation, said Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the police department.

The shooter then put his gun between some parked cars and started walking away from the officer, who chased him down and took him into custody.

Medics arrived and began administering first aid, before transporting the man to an area hospital for further treatment, Silva said.